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Austin Peay to host 24th annual Bread and Words reading to benefit student food pantry

For the 24th year, Austin Peay State University students and faculty will read their poetry and fiction on the Monday before Thanksgiving in an effort to raise money for the school’s Save Our Students Food Pantry, which supports students and faculty in need.
Bread and Words will be 6 p.m. Nov. 19 in the MUC Ballroom. 

For the 24th year, Austin Peay State University students and faculty will read their poetry and fiction on the Monday before Thanksgiving in an effort to raise money for the school’s Save Our Students Food Pantry, which supports students and faculty in need. 

The Bread and Words reading will be 6 p.m. Nov. 19 in the APSU Morgan University Center Ballroom. The evening will begin with soups and breads made by faculty and staff. Then Tara Best, Nick Broadway, John Carney, Arizona Hurn, Olivia Pridemore, Amalia Wills and Stephanie Dugger will perform the readings.

The readings will start around 6:45.

A recommended donation of $5 is requested at the door, and all proceeds go to the food bank. 

For more information about the benefit, contact Barry Kitterman in the Department of Languages and Literature at kittermanb@apsu.edu.